Helen Moewaka Barnes FRSNZ is a New Zealand academic. She is Māori, of Te Kapotai (Ngāpuhi) and Ngapuhi-nui-tonu descent, and is currently a full professor at Massey University. In 2021 she was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi.

Helen Moewaka Barnes
Alma materMassey University
Scientific career
InstitutionsMassey University
Thesis

Academic career

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After a 2008 PhD thesis titled Arguing for the spirit in the language of the mind: a Māori practitioner's view of research and science, Moewaka Barnes joined Massey University staff, becoming a full professor in 2013.[1][2][3]

In 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, she received four separate grants from the Health Research Council,[4][5] and a 2012 Marsden Fund award (funding for 2013–17).[6]

Moewaka Barnes is part of the New Zealand Arrestee Drug Use Monitoring project, which surveys arrestees in the criminal justice system to compile statistics on drug use.[7]

Moewaka Barnes' work looks at health from a kaupapa Māori perspective.

Awards

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In March 2021, Helen Moewaka Barnes was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, recognising her "significant international impact in the field of Indigenous peoples' health and wellbeing".[8][9]

Selected works

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  • Helen Moewaka Barnes (1 March 2000). "Kaupapa maori: explaining the ordinary" (PDF). Pacific health dialog : a publication of the Pacific Basin Officers Training Program and the Fiji School of Medicine. 7 (1): 13–16. ISSN 1015-7867. PMID 11709875. Wikidata Q34440307.
  • Helen Moewaka Barnes (2000). "Collaboration in community action: a successful partnership between indigenous communities and researchers." Health Promotion International. 15 (1): 17–25.
  • Tim McCreanor; Alison Greenaway; Helen Moewaka Barnes; Suaree Borell; Amanda Gregory (2005). "Youth identity formation and contemporary alcohol marketing." Critical Public Health. 15 (3): 251–262.
  • Tim McCreanor; Helen Moewaka Barnes; Mandi Gregory; Hector Kaiwai; Suaree Borell (January 2005). "Consuming identities: Alcohol marketing and the commodification of youth experience". Addiction Research and Theory. 13 (6): 579–590. doi:10.1080/16066350500338500. ISSN 1606-6359. Wikidata Q58089165.
  • Tim McCreanor; Antonia Lyons; Christine Griffin; Ian Goodwin; Helen Moewaka Barnes; Fiona Hutton (March 2013). "Youth drinking cultures, social networking and alcohol marketing: implications for public health". Critical Public Health. 23 (1): 110–120. doi:10.1080/09581596.2012.748883. ISSN 0958-1596. Wikidata Q61994269.

References

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  1. ^ "Prof Helen Moewaka Barnes - Director Whariki & Co-Director SHORE Research Centre - Massey University". Massey.ac.nz. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Promotions for 33 Massey academics - Massey University". Massey University. 31 October 2013. Archived from the original on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  3. ^ Moewaka Barnes, Helen (1 January 2008). Arguing for the spirit in the language of the mind: a Maori practitioner's view of research and science (Thesis). Massey Research Online.
  4. ^ "Helen Moewaka Barnes • Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre". Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre. Hiirc.org.nz. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Pesticide studies lead awards of research grants". Massey University. Massey.ac.nz. 6 June 2013. Archived from the original on 29 January 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  6. ^ The Royal Society of New Zealand (25 October 2012). "Media Pack: $54.6 million for Marsden Fund research | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Helen Moewaka Barnes | Superu's research Hub". The Hub by superu. superu. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Researchers and scholars elected to Academy". Royal Society Te Apārangi. 11 March 2021. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  9. ^ Massey University (12 March 2021). "Four new Royal Society Te Apārangi Fellows". Archived from the original on 26 February 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
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